Famous quotes containing the words victor hugo, hugo and/or paris:
“The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Nowhere is one more alone than in Paris ... and yet surrounded by crowds. Nowhere is one more likely to incur greater ridicule. And no visit is more essential.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)